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Witnessing heroin-related overdoses: the experiences of young injectors in San FranciscoPeter J Davidson
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
Addiction 97:1511-6. 2002..Assessment of young injectors' exposure and response to others' heroin-related overdose...
Fatal heroin-related overdose in San Francisco, 1997-2000: a case for targeted interventionPeter J Davidson
University of California, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, San Francisco, CA 94143 1306, USA
J Urban Health 80:261-73. 2003..We recommend the development of overdose response training targeted at heroin users and those close to them, including the staff of residential hotels...- Heroin overdose among young injection drug users in San FranciscoKristen C Ochoa
University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, 995 Potrero Avenue, Building 90, Ward 95, Room 513, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 80:297-302. 2005..Further research on the role of cocaine and amphetamine in heroin-related overdose is indicated... - Mortality among young injection drug users in San Francisco: a 10-year follow-up of the UFO studyJennifer L Evans
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:302-8. 2012..These findings highlight the continued need for public health interventions that address the risk of overdose in this population in order to reduce premature deaths... - Hepatitis C virus risk behaviors within the partnerships of young injecting drug usersJudith A Hahn
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Addiction 105:1254-64. 2010..We sought to determine whether perceiving one's injecting partner to be HCV positive was associated with decreased odds of engaging in receptive needle/syringe sharing (RNS) or ancillary equipment sharing (AES) with that partner... - Gender differences in sexual and injection risk behavior among active young injection drug users in San Francisco (the UFO Study)Jennifer L Evans
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Urban Health 80:137-46. 2003..Interventions to reduce sexual and injection practices that put women at risk of contracting hepatitis and HIV are needed... - Negotiating access: social barriers to purchasing syringes at pharmacies in Tijuana, MexicoPeter J Davidson
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
Int J Drug Policy 23:286-94. 2012..However, people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico report considerable social barriers to successfully purchasing syringes at pharmacies... 
Hazardous alcohol consumption among young adult IDU and its association with high risk behaviorsChloe Le Marchand
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0886, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 127:143-9. 2013..However, limited information exists on the relationship between alcohol use and injecting and sexual risk in young adult IDU (<30 years) who are at risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infection...- A GIS-based methodology for improving needle exchange service deliveryPeter J Davidson
Division of Global Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
Int J Drug Policy 22:140-4. 2011..The method described was piloted at the Homeless Youth Alliance, San Francisco, USA, and further refined at Clean Needles Now, Los Angeles, USA...